Ritual of Climbing the Stairs One Hundred Times (Ohyakudo) , ca. 1765-66

Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770) Ritual of Climbing the Stairs One Hundred Times (Ohyakudo), ca. 1765-66 Woodcut of a young woman perfoming the ritual of climbing temple steps one hundred times, leaving a paper marker at the top of the stone stairs, the five markers left in her hand indicating she is on her 96th climb, unsigned second state of a calendar print (egoyomi) for 1765, here lacking the designations of long and short months in the obi and redesigned with fretwork--very good impression, slightly faded, smudging and random stains, minute repairs chuban tate-e: 10 7/16 x 7¾in. (26.5 x 19.7cm.)